System76 has updated the COSMIC Desktop with window shadows and consistent corner sizing across all applications, a change available on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS right now and coming to users on other Linux distributions soon. Both features apply the effects consistently, meaning that apps in different toolkits (Qt, GTK, Iced, etc) match better (if not perfectly) than they did before. Controls for applying roundness and shadowing in floating and tiled modes is user‑adjustable. Prior, only GTK windows running on COSMIC had drop shadows. Native COSMIC apps, and Qt ones, appeared flat. This often made it hard(er) to tell which app was […]

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Intel's Core 3 (Wildcat Lake) aims to replace the popular N100 CPU, but if it isn't as affordable, better performance won't matter to the budget conscious.

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Wine patches finally fix Adobe Creative Cloud installer on Linux, letting you install Photoshop 2021 and 2025 without copying files from a Windows VM.

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The Multi-Column Dock extension for GNOME Shell lets you organise apps in collapsable groups with labels, colours, and for better dock management.

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Looking to run .NET 10 on Noble Numbat? The .NET 10.0.1 update is now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Latest SDK and runtime improvements – an apt command away.

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Opera confirms it's working on a Linux version of Opera GX, its gaming-focused browser. No release date yet, but after years of users asking it's happening.

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The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 costs $130 but with 40 TOPS and 8GB of onboard RAM it can run LLMs like Qwen 2 and DeepSeek R1 locally, opening up new use cases.

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An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.

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Ubuntu engineers are rebuilding all archive packages in Ubuntu 26.04 to ensures all hardware compatibility features are enabled – important for an LTS cycle.

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Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is here. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, it brings a new-look app menu, Linux 6.14 kernel, and a pair of new system management tools.

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Wine 11.0 improves gaming performance with kernel-level synchronisation, legacy 32-bit Windows app support and expanded Wayland integration. Full details inside.

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Firefox 147 released with XDG directory support ending a 20-year Linux bug, auto Picture-in-Picture, better AMD video performance, and new web standards.

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Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS's updated hardware enablement stack (HWE) brings Linux Kernel 6.17, Mesa 25.2.7 and a new set of Wayland Protocols – a nice uplift, right?

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Canonical's ARM64 Steam Snap brings x86 gaming to Ubuntu ARM systems via FEX emulation. Early testing shows 200+ FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. You can help test it.

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Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' reaches end of life on January 15, 2025. Users must upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 to keep receiving critical security updates.

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Elecrow's CrowView Note 15.6 addresses complaints from the original with a larger screen, USB-C charging, and expanded SBC support. Priced at $169.

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Bazaar Flatpak manager adds permission warnings showing app safety, Flathub account sync, verified-only filtering, and a neat new 'market stall' app icon.

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Dell revives XPS brand with redesigned 14 and 16-inch laptops. Ubuntu 24.04 support coming to XPS 14 later this year. Details and specs inside.

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What changed in Ubuntu in 2025? From the "oxidisation" of sudo to the end of X11, here's a recap of the 10 biggest changes the distro saw last year.

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What would make 2026 Ubuntu's best year yet? Share your wishlist wants and must-haves, be it bold changes or resolving long-standing bugs. Sound off!

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I roundup a crop of December's smaller Linux app releases, including the Clapper media player, QEMU virtualisation tool, Scribus DTP and ONLYOFFICE.

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Open source video editor Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit CPU pipeline support, linear color processing, and better hardware encoding on Linux.

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A new GNOME Shell extension brings vertical scrolling back to the app grid. Ideal for mouse scroll wheel obsessives running GNOME 49.

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Pinta 3.1 is available for download. The open source image editor adds axonometric grids, polygon selection tool, lower memory usage – and lots more!

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